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AFT 1493 Election Results |
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- Fact Finding was held May 1 & 2; one more meeting is scheduled for June 11. Read May Advocate report on Fact Finding.
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AFT1493.org named best website in state again! |
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3rd year in a row! AFT 1493 also won 5 other CFT Communications Awards!
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Compromise tax measure moves forward |
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 In March, the California Federation of Teachers and its Millionaires Tax allies reached agreement with Governor Jerry Brown and top legislative leaders to set aside their dueling ballot measure efforts and come together in support of one state revenue measure for November, 2012, the "Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012." On June 10, supporters submitted nearly twice the number of signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot. Read news report.
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Sign the Online Petition to Support Binding Arbitration! |
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 We are asking all District faculty who support “binding arbitration” to please sign our online petition so we can clearly show how the faculty feel about this issue. Click here to sign the petition!
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News articles related to community college faculty issues and SMCCCD, selected from around the county, state and nation and updated regularly. To receive these articles by email, send a request to be added to the AFT 1493 email list to Dan Kaplan at:
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May 15, 2012—Research Brief: Education Budget: May Revision 2012-13 (California Federation of Teachers)
May 15, 2012—Gov. Jerry Brown says voters face 'day of reckoning' to avoid budget pain (San Jose Mercury News)
May 14, 2012— Scrutinize Wasteful Corporate Tax Breaks Before Cutting Vital Services (California Labor Federation)
May 11, 2012— Jerry Brown submits tax-hike petitions (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Occupy Wall Street Movement |
AFT 1493 endorses "Occupy Wall Street" movement
 At the November 9 AFT 1493 Executive Committee (E.C.) meeting, the E.C. voted unanimously in favor of a resolution endorsing the Occupy Wall Street movement. See the full resolution below.
Photo: members Eric Brenner, Nina Floro, Isabella Llamas (Nina’s daughter), Katharine Harer and Dan Kaplan (l. to r.) carried the AFT 1493 banner at the November 2nd Occupy Oakland march. [photo by Josh Hayes]
AFT 1493ers join Nov. 2 Occupy Oakland day of action
Brief reflections and photos from some of those members who were there on that day are shown below.
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Your AFT 1493 Executive Committee |
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AFT 1493's 2010-2012 Executive Committee includes (l. to r.): Joaquin Rivera, Chief Negotiator; Teeka James, Co-Vice President; Masao Suzuki, Skyline EC Co-Rep.; Dave Danielson, Treasurer; Alma Cervantes, Skyline EC Co-Rep.; Chip Chandler, Skyline Chapter Co-Chair; Monica Malamud, President; Elizabeth Terzakis, Cañada Chapter Co-Chair; Katharine Harer, Co-Vice President; Sandra Raeber Dorsett, CSM Chapter Co-Chair; Victoria Clinton, Cañada Part Timer Rep.; Dan Kaplan, Executive Secretary; Nina Floro, Skyline Chapter Co-Chair; Yaping Li, CSM Chapter Co-Chair (rear); Lisa Melnick, CSM Part Timer Co-Rep.; Lucia Olson, CSM Part Timer Co-Rep.; Mike Noonan, Cañada EC Rep.; Eric Brenner, Advocate Editor. Absent from photo: Lezlee Ware, Cañada Chapter Co-Chair; Anne Stafford, Secretary
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Defend Wisconsin public workers! |
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We are all Wisconsin!
Protest fatigue? Not in Wisconsin. Three months after Gov. Scott Walker proposed to strip state, county and municipal employees and public-school teachers of their collective bargaining rights, the governor's agenda remains stymied. Legal challenges,moves to recall Republican legislators who have sided with the governor and the fear on the part of legislative leaders of mass protests have prevented implementation.
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